Styling Ideas Using Vintage Wallpaper
Wallpaper can brighten up any room providing pattern, texture and sometimes a sense of fun. But I always feel that once it is up, you don’t want to change it especially if you have gone to the expense of hiring…
How to make a Valentine’s wreath from broken vintage jewellery
I love this idea, not just for Valentine’s Day but to hang in your bedroom all year round. This wreath has been made from broken pieces of vintage costume jewellery which I often have lying around in bags, unsused and…
How to make a vintage Valentine’s Day wreath
Last week I showed you how to make a Valentine’s wreath using scraps of vintage fabric which was really well received by yourselves. This week the wreath is even easier and far more cute. Material needed: A piece of card,…
10 reasons why I love the 1980s
I love to fill my home with vintage items, whether it be home wares, books, records or clothes. When I wrote my book and added a chapter on the 1980s, many die hard vintage fans were shocked. The 1980s? Vintage?…
My Vintage Home: A Boys Bedroom
Late last year we finally decorated our son, Herbie’s bedroom. Don’t get me wrong, he had a nice bedroom but it was done when he was 3 and now felt a little young for him. I featured it a long time…
5 Reasons to buy vintage
I am often asked by non-loving vintage friends why I want to fill my home with “second-hand stuff”. Well in fact there are so many reasons why I choose to style my home and indeed my life with vintage but…
Can Taylor Swift teach us a thing or two?
You may or may not have seen the video of Taylor Swift giving away personally chosen gifts to some of her fans that has been doing the rounds recently. Well before I begin, check out what all the fuss has…
My 10 Vintage Kitchen Must Have’s
As you know I love my vintage, well retro really, kitchen. It’s a mix of new and old; the units and oak worktop are new as are the gadgets such as the green Morphy Richards toaster and my juicer, but…
A Vintage Jar Full of Goals
As the year draws to a close, we are all talking about how we want to change and what we want to achieve in 2015. Whether it is a New Year’s resolution (lose weight, save money, blah, blah, blah) or…
Vintage Academy is back!
Vintage Academy, the business I co-founded with Keeley Harris, is back and raring to go with exciting new ways to inspire you to make vintage your business. It has been a very busy 6 months for us both, which has…
Our Vintage Christmas Dinner
I have recently been asked to dress my dinner table for Christmas as part of a competition by Furniture Choice. I jumped at the idea to style my dinner table for the big day, especially as I won’t be at…
Our Vintage Playroom
An age ago, Sarah wrote a blog post featuting styling ideas for displaying your wall art. Since then I have been meaning to revisit my kids playroom to create a wall for their many creations. They are very lucky to…
Mid Century Vintage Auction: W&H Peacocks
This Saturday sees the return of the bi-annual mid-century auction at W&H Peacocks in Bedford. It has grown so much over the years, that this specialist auction now also happens at Leamington Spa and St Neots. I love this auction…
How Vintage Is Your Home?
So how many of these vintage items do you have in your home? Give yourself a point for each one and let me know your score! 1. A starburst clock 2. Any coloured Tupperware 3. Anything Babycham related 4. Any…
Vintage Styling Tips: Reclaimed Materials
Reclaimed materials are the perfect choice of any vintage lover. Green, sustainable and often quirky to look at they can also save you a lot of money. Whether you use them in the construction of your home or look for…
Marks and Spencer’s 1960s Vintage Revival
It feels like everyone is embracing the 1960s right now. When I heard that Marks and Spencer had a 1960s Revival range I rushed online to check it out. There are some great key pieces that have the vibe, but…
Art Deco by Eric Knowles
Recently I received a new book through the post to review: Art Deco by Eric Knowles. To be honest, the Art Deco era is not the period I know the most about and had to research it fully for my…
